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Loop Pennsylvania Map

Explore Loop, Pennsylvania, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Loop, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Loop, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Loop, Pennsylvania. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Pennsylvania or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Loop.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Loop
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Blair County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.426292
Longitude	-78.361865
Population	1,590
Density	336.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	16256, 16648
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Hollidaysburg Area School District

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About Loop, Pennsylvania

Loop is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,590. The population density is 336.9 people per km². Loop is located at 40.4263°N, 78.3619°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16256, 16648.

Loop emerges from the landscape as a quiet convergence of water and earth, defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Frankstown Branch Juniata River. It lies 6.9 miles south-southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 165°T), and is situated 1.5 miles east-southeast of Hollidaysburg. The terrain rises in deliberate, deliberate slopes, drawing the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains that guard the western horizon. Beyond the immediate banks, the land opens into the verdant, sheltered expanse of The Loop, where the air often holds a crisp, earthen stillness at dawn. State Game Land 147 wraps around the periphery, offering a dense, unmanicured woodland that anchors the local ecology, while the nearby Hollidaysburg Reservoir catches the afternoon light, turning the water into a sheet of polished, dark slate.

Industrial echoes linger in the soil of Loop, a remnant of the region’s long-standing connection to the raw, rugged labor of the Pennsylvania interior. While the economy has shifted away from the heavy extraction and transport that once defined the valleys of the Allegheny Plateau, the character of the place remains firmly rooted in its history of self-reliance and the careful stewardship of the land. Daily life moves with an understated, deliberate cadence, far removed from the frantic pace of larger urban centers. Residents maintain a practical, quiet pride in the surrounding woods and the persistent flow of the Frankstown Branch Juniata River, finding a particular beauty in the way the seasonal changes transform the hillsides from a deep, summer green into the muted, iron-gray tones of the late autumn sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 147 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 177° S
Chimney Rocks Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 269° W
Kelly Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 275° W
Chimney Rocks Park Addition (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 260° W
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 028° NE
Fort Fetter Community Park Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 277° W
Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 296° NW
Brush Mountain Woodlands (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 358° N
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 3.6 mi, 329° NW
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 261° W
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 042° NE
State Game Land 166 (State Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 025° NE
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 6.1 mi, 043° NE
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 341° N
Old In-town Altoona airstrip (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 002° N
Wopsononock Lookout (Viewpoint) — 10.6 mi, 337° NW
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 291° W
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.3 mi, 140° SE
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 12.3 mi, 283° W
Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 156° SE
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 224° SW
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 13.5 mi, 136° SE
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 291° W
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 069° E
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 045° NE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 046° NE
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 021° N
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 18.9 mi, 074° E
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 19.5 mi, 286° W
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 24.0 mi, 230° SW

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